The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-11-03

taken Immediately to dispensary. The
police soon had control of the crowd
and Vandals had no opportunity to ply
their trade, as watchmen were in the
shattered buildings before rogues dared
to enter. The firemen worked at the
fallen buildings regardless of the ada
cent walls which lowed with i'm
pending danger. With daylight came
the word that all the victims
had been removed.
The corrected list of the dead and
wounded by the explosion is eight dead
and three wounded seriously. nSix
others who lived in the building and
were reported missing have been found
either uninjured or slightly bruised.
Five OF the Newman family are dead.
Mamie is horribly mangled and burned
and beyond all hope of recovery. Mel
lie lies in terrible condition but may
recover. Charles K. Devere and wife
and Mrs. Agnes BerZeiy are dead. Miss
Hattie Bryant is badly bruised.
There are many theories to explain
the explosion, but none are salts
factory. The mob which press
around the ruins excited1y talked of
anarchists and their dynamite bombs,
but people of sense discountenance
this idle prattle. The general belief
is that escaping gas filed the cellar
near where the explosion evidently
took place and the rapid fire and
fumes while it burned indicates this.
the vessels and Oil, if there were any,
have been destroyed and the only man
that knows is dead. The escaping
gas theory is supported however by the
store boy Joe Bionvenne who says that
he was annoyed during the afternoon
by a strong smell of gas and before
shutting up for the night at 7:30
O'Clock he went through the building
looking for an open burner but he did
not visit the cellar. A great crowd
fingers around the place but the work
of rescue is over.
RELIGIOUS SCRAP.
CHARLESTON, S. c., Oct. 29.-The
negroes of Hampton county have been
holding camp meeting, near Brighton
and religious exercises have been going
on all the week amid the greatest reli-
gious excitement. On Thursday night
barrel of whisky was brought to the
grounds and the drinking became gen.
eral. The meeting was soon turned
into a scene of confusion. When the
preacher attempted to enforce order a
free fight ensued, in which raZors,
pistols and pine poles were used.
Blood flowed in streams and
as the lights were extinguished, foes
friends. When peace and order were
restored, it was found that Jacob Jack
son, an elder in the church, was killed
by pistol ball in head. and that six
others were so badly wounded by
cuts in various parts of body that
death will result. About twenty-five
persons were badly bruised in the
fight. The camp meeting adjourned
without ceremony.
REFUSES TO INDICT THEM.
NEW YORK, Oct. 29.-Lawyer De,
Lancy, who seeks to bring action
against Messrs. Gould and Sage for al
legged grand larceny, has written let
ter to the district attorney, demanding
copy of the brief and authrities OF
the defense protesting against the per
mission to Mr.. Gould to leave the
country, and casting upon the district
attorney the responsibility fol-
his return. In closing, the
lawyer writes: "A prima faclG
case for embezzlement has been pre-
scented, and we do not understand why
il should be treated differently from
similar cases. The district attorney il
replying, said that upon careful con
sideration of the question, he hat
grave doubts of the success of a prose
cution upon the facts presented, and
hence would not arrest or indict Messrs
Gould and Sage until further attention
had been given the subjdct.
THEY LIKELY HAVE THE WRONG GANG
INCARCERATED.
CHICAGO, Oct. 3I.-The Evening
Journal says tonight: Unwilling to
take their chances for a Communication
of the sentence of the anarchists in the
county jail, on legal techicalities, vol
luminous petitions and vitriolic dia-
tribes, the anarchists sympathiZers
have, according to a most Trustworthy
report, descended once more to the
use of that satanic and idiotiC
method of persuasion, the anonymous
threatening letter, and during the past
three weeks Judge Gary, States At
torney Grinnen and others connected
with the famous trial, says this same
missives of this kind. While the of
ficials themselves pay little heed to this
cowardly form of attack, their wives
have been made to suffer for them
Especially is this the case with Mrs
Grinnell, due to the receipt of letters
in which the writer's threaten, in the
event of nothing being accomplished tC
save the necks of the seven men, tC
kidnap her children. In consequence
she suffers mental torment when they
are out of her sight, fearful that the
threats will be carried out. The police
watch in the neighborhood of Judge
Gary's residence, and Mr.. Grinnell has
been considerably strengthened, which
while adding some sense of security
to the vicinity, nevertheless keeps the
possible results of an attack
on the houses of the two officials fresh
in the minds of the residents. Mr.
Grinnen is followed to and from his
residence by detective, ever ready tt
spring TO his aid shonld occasion re
quire, and an attack upon his person
would have to be executed with skillfu
celebrity to be successful.